Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-07

To gel ne best results frum . dAir,
COW, her treatment should Be a. gen
de and quiet - possible. Any excite
ment wkateveE tends 70 lessen the Gov
cf msik.
+ He8Fy mixers are often rough
bo1ed COWS with large frames, 6ni
I joints and q shapes are not essential
IN the makeup q . good COW. Some
q the best dairy cows are smooth. neat
and trim.
TIE Ne~ York hop crop, according
% the Oregonian, VII Be about 5000
bales for ISL, and the worlds supply
VII be one half 10 two-fhfrds of that
Of lss5- English fields are affected 70
. certain extent with the ny.
The National Agricultural Depart
meat report makes The decrease IN the
hog supply so, 900 from last year, and
the hog eholera stin deTasfatIAg the
herds IN some parts Of the country.
This points 70 good prices for year.
&C least.
Celery e becoming more popular
year By year, and the cultivation h 90
| simple that any one with q garden may
have fun supply. The planting, which
| may be done &c any time now, need not
be IN the bottom Of deep trenches, as
Eas the case years ago, bat only little
below the surface.
The Montana Legislature passed a
law giving . bounty Of five cents each
Tor dead ground squirrels and chip
hunks, and il threatens to bankrupt
the Territory; nearly every cent in
the treasury having been paid out,
and the gopher harvest only Just COM
menced.
A Massachusetts, farmer says he
has esidus- leading him to believe
that the crows. spread hog cholera.
Unless all carcasses be destroyed by
IRE, the crows carry fragments Of flesh
TO distant points. He states that he
has found pieces of swine flesh in
his fields, apparently dropped there by
crows"
Any time after bushes are In full leaf
Is good for cutting them down with
view of destroying them. This Is usu-
ally recommended for August, but at
this late date the buds will often start
in the spring. If cut now, the sprouts
that start may be eHectrally destroyed
by leaving the brush over them 70 dry
and burning It month later.
There are two ways 10 distinguish
ducks from brakes. One is that the
duck calls "Quack, quack, quack,
while the drake only makes a sort Of
wheeling sound, as II the head was
stopped up with cold. The other dis
tinguishing feature is seen in the tail Of
the drake. the ends Of the main feathers
slightly curling back. while the ducks
are straight,
The savOys undoubtedly stand at the
head Of the List Of cabbages. That they
are not more generally raised is due to
the impression that they are not 80 easy
to grow as the Drumheads and the Flat
Dutch. This Is true In q measure, but
not 10 30 great degree as supposed.
Any soil rich enough TO produce first
class Dfumheads with fair care will not
be behind with the Sayeys.
Geese are very hardy and easily kept
and, though thoroughly aquatic birds, |
yet will do well without large supply
Of water. They will endure much cold |
without suffering, and subsist on coarse |
food, such as hay, vegetables, frost |
bitten grass, potato parings, &c. In
summer they will take care Of them |
selves il they have the run of marsh, |
or roadside, and the goslings /
do not require much feeding after they |
are few months old.
The second growth of cloyer is often
more valuable than the first, from the |
seed that Il contains, provided that no /
insect interferes with 1t. If cut early,
The aftermath starts up with vigor and
soon covers the ground. making dense
shade, though the roots pump up water
70 rapidly that the soil Is always dry.
This drives the clover roots TO the sub
iOil for moisture, and this pinehing of
irouth Ia what makes the clover pro-
ific in seed. Quite often the best seed
,rops are from seeond.growth clover
hat will yield less than three-quarters
# q ton Of hay per acre.
There Is no animal on earth that can /
compete with the Jersey
n her place and for the purposes for
which she Is bred and designed, and no
man having any knowledge Of
ler wonderful capacity, incompatible
beauty, lamb-like docility, or great
general usefulness, viii deny it. But
hat is not saying that she Is adapted
10 every man s use, under every variety
If condition and circumstance, any
more than Is a Shetland pony COM
pared with the carriage OF draft horse,
N the lady's slipper in place of the
armer's stogie. = lcolman's Rural
World.
e Most farmers allow timothy 70 be-
,ome too ripe before cutting, under
he impression that its seed is very
Even IL it were, its amount /
5 not sufficient to make il worth con-
idering, and more than all that is
yained in the seed is lost in the woody
character of the straw. But IL timO-
.hy has got in full bloom, H Is best TO
ct this drop off before cutting, as il
makes the hay very dusty. The proper
lime 70 cut timothy is as soon as the !
head appears, before Il gets into bloom.
Is weight Is then less, but the quality
II the hay Is enough better TO Offset the
deficiency in quantity.
The cherry tree needs dry soil, and
I In grass the crop Is none the worse,
hougn the grass should be kept low
~ pasturing or with the scythe, for
in getting around among
he trees to harvest the fruit We've
leen some places where the cherry crop
seemed TO be injured by the removal
II the sod from under the trees. The
Iruit was wormy and poor. 1t was not
oss OF fertility that caused this differ
snce, for thin skimming Of sod could
not make the sod much, II any, poor
n. But ii did make the soil around
he trees much wetter in early spring,
md this probably is what injured the
ruit.
Wet weather during the hay harvest
5 sure TO catch some farmers with hay
n an uncured state, and frequently
arge lots are injured by sudden rains.
When this Is the case, il is best TO keep
he injured hay by itself either in stacks
or mows, bat when the amount is not
TOO great il can be used 70 advantage
N the way OF topping out stacks Of
good hay. IL never pays TO mix il up |
with wen cured hay. as it Is more apt 1
10 iniure the good than receive benefit
rom il. The best plan Is TO put il where
{ can be used alone or kept Tor bedding
IN the stables.
Canning fruits is unquestionably
great improvement on the old methods
81 doing everything up In lis weight
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